JP2008138867A - Pipe, method for production thereof and corresponding tool - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that an adequate inner coating on the inner surface of a metal base body for contacting foods is required for a pipe to transport drinking water but it is expensive because its preparation takes time and cost. <P>SOLUTION: The pipe comprises the metal base body 8 for defining an outer surface 10 and the inner surface 12, and the inner coating 14 applied to the inner surface 12 of the base body. The inner coating 14 is provided with a thermoplastic material or a polyamide and used for the pipe to transport drinking water. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention
A substrate made of a metal, defining the outer surface of the substrate and the inner surface of the substrate;
A tube of the type comprising an inner coding applied to the inner surface of the substrate.

From the prior art, pipes for transporting drinking water, especially used in the field of water supply, are known.
These tubes comprise a metal substrate with an inner coating suitable for contact with food applied to the inner surface of the substrate. Commonly used coatings require that the inner surface of the substrate be prepared so that the coating can be adhesively bonded. The method of preparing the inner surface is conventionally either shot blasting only, or grinding, or a combination of milling and shot blasting.

  These methods of preparing the inner surface of the substrate are expensive. This is especially true for shot blasting because of the time and cost associated with recycling shots.

  In addition, these methods of preparing the surface often require the use of a primer to obtain the level of adhesion required for coating.

  The object of the present invention is to reduce the manufacturing costs of the tubes.

For this purpose, the present invention relates to a tube of the type described above, wherein the inner coating comprises a thermoplastic material based on polyolefin or based on polyamide.
According to a specific embodiment, the tube according to the invention comprises one or more of the following features.

The inner coating is composed of a thermoplastic material and an acrylic material;
The substrate consists of cast iron, in particular spheroidal graphite iron.
The substrate has an average wall thickness of less than 4 mm;

The inner surface is obtained by beating.
The present invention further relates to a production method comprising:
a) A step of removing a rough portion from the untreated inner surface of the substrate to obtain a partially rubbed inner surface, and the removal of the rough portion is a partial rubbed treatment of the untreated inner surface. A process performed by
b) removing the oxide layer at least partially by striking the internal surface that has been subjected to a scouring treatment to obtain a striking inner surface;
c) applying an inner coating to the hammered inner surface, the coating comprising a polyolefin-based or polyamide-based thermoplastic material, and The present invention relates to a manufacturing method.

According to a specific embodiment, the method according to the invention comprises one or more of the following features.
The inner coating is composed of a thermoplastic material and an acrylic material;

The application step of the inner coating comprises injection of solid coating particles onto the inner surface of the substrate; and
-Before the coating application step, the substrate is heated to the dissolution temperature of the coating particles.

-Before the coating application process, the residues produced by drilling and hammering are removed, in particular by suction or blowing.
-Before the milling process, a supplementary process is carried out in which the substrate is produced from cast iron, in particular spheroidal graphite iron.

Finally, the present invention is a tool for treating the inner surface of a tube base, wherein the tool defines a central axis,
An axial drilling portion in which at least one drilling blade is provided, which can be moved radially with respect to the central axis of the tool;
At least in the axial strike portion provided with the first strike element, the first strike element can be moved radially with respect to the central axis of the tool and It relates to a tool, characterized in that it comprises an axial strike portion that freely rotates about its own axis extending in parallel.

Further, the surface treatment tool can have the following features.
The axial strike portion comprises a second strike element, which can be moved radially with respect to the central axis of the tool and extends parallel to the central axis of the tool. Rotates freely around its own axis.

  The invention will be better understood on reading the following description given purely by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

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FIG. 4 illustrates a tube according to the invention indicated generally at 2.
The tube 2 extends along a central axis XX and has a first end with a stepless end piece 4 and a second end with a telescopic end piece 6.

The tube 2 is constituted by a base body 8 made of cast iron, in particular spheroidal graphite iron, for example. The substrate 8 defines a substrate outer surface 10 and a substrate inner surface 12.
In the case of the tube 2, the outer surface 10 is an empty free surface, but can also be covered with an outer coating.

  The tube 2 further comprises an inner coating 14 applied to the inner surface 12. The inner coating 14 is made of a material that complies with all European hygiene regulations, so that the tube 2 is suitable for transporting drinking water, especially in the water supply sector.

  According to the present invention, the inner coating 14 comprises a thermoplastic material that can be based on polyolefins or can be based on polyamides. Preferably, the inner coating 14 is composed of a thermoplastic material and an acrylic material. Because of these materials, the inner coating 14 effectively adheres to the inner surface 12.

The polyamide material can be, for example, polyamide 11 or 12 (nylon®).
The thermoplastic material can comprise, for example, polyethylene functionalized by copolymerization with acrylic.

  The use of this inner coating 14 allows the substrate 8 to be manufactured with a particularly thin wall thickness e. The wall thickness e is, for example, less than 4 mm on average. The thickness of the coating 14 is, for example, less than 1 mm.

1 to 3 illustrate the steps of a method for manufacturing a tube 2 according to the invention.
In the first step, the substrate 8 is produced, for example, by casting a molten metal or molten metal alloy, in particular by centrifugal casting. The resulting untreated substrate 8 has an untreated inner surface 22 provided with a rough portion 20 projecting radially inward with respect to the axis XX. Furthermore, the untreated inner surface 22 is covered with a layer of iron oxide, not shown, which is detrimental to the deposition of the inner coating 14.

During the second step illustrated in FIG. 2, the rough portion 20 is removed from this surface 22 by partial scouring of the untreated inner surface 22, resulting in a scoured surface 26.
The milled surface 26 comprises a non-oxidizing free portion, a portion having an oxide layer with a high level of adhesion, and a portion having an oxide layer with a low level of adhesion. The portion having the oxide layer with a low level of adhesion that remains on the scoured surface 26 is removed by striking the scoured inner surface 26 during a subsequent third step. A finished hammered inner surface 12 is obtained.

The second and third steps are performed using the surface treatment tool 30.
Residues generated by the drilling process and the hammering process during or after the drilling process and the hammering process are removed from the inside of the substrate 10 by suction or blowing, for example.

FIG. 3 illustrates the process of applying the inner coating 14 to the substrate 8.
For this purpose, the substrate 8 is heated to a level above the melting temperature of the coating, for example to a temperature between 220 and 300 ° C., more particularly to a temperature of 250 ° C.

  After the substrate 8 reaches the melting temperature, the injection head 32 is introduced while being moved parallel to the axis XX of the substrate 8 to inject the solid coating particles 34 radially outward relative to the inner surface 12 of the substrate 8. To do. As the particles 34 come into contact with the inner surface 12, the particles dissolve and wet the surface 12 to form a layer of liquid coating 35. Thereafter, the layer of substrate 8 and liquid coating 35 is cooled to ambient temperature and a layer of inner coating 14 is obtained by solidification.

It should be noted that between the beating step and the coating particle 34 application step, the surface 12 is not treated and in particular does not require the application of a fixing primer.
FIG. 5 illustrates a surface treatment tool 30 used to treat the inner surface of the substrate 8.

The surface treatment tool 30 includes a substantially cylindrical base 52.
The tool 30 defines a central axis YY that is coaxial with the axis XX during processing operations.
The surface treatment tool 30 is provided with a first axially grinded portion 54, a second axially hammered portion 56, and an axially fixed portion 58. The drilled portion 54 forms the first axial end of the tool 30 and the anchoring portion 58 forms the second axial end of the tool 30.

  The drilled portion 54 includes a plurality of recesses 60. Each recess 60 borders two abutment surfaces 62 that are radially open and directed radially inward. A drill blade 64 is inserted into each recess 60. The blade 64 includes two abutment surfaces 68 that bound the radially outer perforated edge 66 and that are complementary to the abutment surface 62.

  The recess 60 and the drilling blade 64 are shaped such that the drilling blade 64 can move radially between the storage position and the extended position relative to the axis YY. The accommodation position of the drilling blade 64 is illustrated in the upper part of FIG. 5, while the extended position of the drilling blade 64 is illustrated by a broken line in the lower part of FIG. It should be noted that the extended position of the drill blade 64 is bounded by abutting the abutment surface 68 against the abutment surface 62.

  Further, the drill blade 64 can freely move between the extended and retracted positions. That is, the saw blade is not biased by a spring or by any other means of applying a mechanical force.

  The axial strike portion 56 has a plurality of recesses 70 that open radially outward. The tool shown in FIG. 5 includes three sets of recesses 70 that are axially offset from each other. Each set of recesses 70 is constituted by three recesses 70 distributed circumferentially about the axis Y-Y. A beating element is housed in each recess 70. In this case, each striking element is constituted by a generally cylindrical wheel 72. In each recess 70, two wheels 72 that are axially offset from each other are arranged. Each wheel 72 bounds the beating surface 74. The beating surface 74 is provided with beating marks. The scissors stamp can extend parallel to the axis Y-Y or can be inclined with respect to this axis. If these beating marks are tilted with respect to the axis Y-Y, the two wheels 72 arranged in the same recess 70 have beating marks having different tilt directions.

Each wheel 72 is provided with a central hole 76 having its own axis ZZ.
The beating portion 56 is further provided with a retaining rod 78 that extends axially through the recess 70 and extends through the central hole 76 of the associated wheel 72. The radial dimension or diameter d of the rod 78 is smaller than the radial dimension or diameter D of the central hole 76. In this manner, the wheel 72 has the edge 66 when the hammering surface 74 is in the stowed position where the hammering surface 74 is substantially flush with the outer surface of the substrate 52 and when the drilling blade 64 is in the extended position. It is possible to move in the radial direction between the extended positions extending beyond the radial direction.

  In a variant, radial holding means with a gap other than the rod 78 can be considered for the wheel 72. Similarly, in a variation, other beating elements, such as a sphere, can be considered.

  The tool 30 further includes blowing means 80 suitable for blowing the residue generated by the drilling process and the hammering process from the base body 8. These blowing means 80 are provided with a central hole 82 provided in the base 52. The first extraction hole 84 connects the central hole 82 to the recess 70. The second extraction hole 86 connects the central hole 82 to the outer surface of the base 52 in the region of the drilled portion 54.

During the surface treatment operation, compressed air is supplied to the central hole 82, and the compressed air is discharged through the extraction holes 84 and 86.
In order to treat the surface, the tool 30 is rotated about the axis Y-Y, for example at 1500 rpm, and is introduced axially into the substrate 8 by the introduction direction I. Due to the centrifugal force, the edge 66 is biased towards the abutment surface 62. The blade 64 is in continuous contact with the rough portion 20 of the substrate 8 and separates the rough portion from the substrate.

Similarly, the wheel 72 is urged toward the extended position by centrifugal force and is in continuous contact with the scoured oxidized surface 26 remaining after passing the scouring blade.
The striking and rolling contact of the wheel 72 with the milled surface 26 removes the oxide film that may be present and not adherently bonded to the substrate. Further, the surface 74 creates a roughness that promotes the deposition of the coating 14.

  It has been found that treatment with the tool 30 according to the present invention allows the inner coating 14 to be applied directly to the inner surface 12 of the substrate, thus allowing the primer to be omitted.

  Similarly, the surface treatment time using the saw blade 64 and the hammering element 72 is shorter than the treatment time by shot blasting. In addition, the costs associated with shot material and its recycling are saved.

  Similarly, the composition of the coating 14 described above allows a particularly high level of adhesion and a high level of resistance to wear.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the base of the tube in an untreated state. FIG. 2 is a view of the tube substrate of FIG. 1 during a subsurface preparation process using a surface treatment tool according to the present invention. 2 is a view of a substrate during the coating process of the method according to the invention. FIG. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a finished tube according to the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the surface treatment tool used for preparing the surface of a base | substrate.

Explanation of symbols

2... Tube 8... Tube base 10... Outer surface 12.・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Untreated inner surface 26 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Surfaced surface 30 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Surface treatment tool 32 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Injection head 34 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Coating particles 35 ・ ・ ・・ Liquid coating 52 ... Surface treatment tool base 54 ... Crimper part 56 ... Strike part 60 ... Crimper part recess 62 ... Contact Surface 64... Drilling edge 66... Cutting edge 68... Abutting surface 70. wheel)
76... Wheel central hole 78... Holding rod 80... Blowing means 82... Surface treatment tool base central hole 84.・ ・ ・ ・ Second extraction hole d ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Rod diameter D ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Wheel center hole diameter e ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Tube base wall thickness I ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Tool introduction direction XX ... Tube center axis YY ... Tool center axis ZZ ... Wheel axis

Claims (12)

A tube,
A substrate comprising a metal (8) defining an outer surface (10) of the substrate and an inner surface (12) of the substrate;
An inner coding (14) applied to the inner surface (12) of the substrate;
Said tube, characterized in that said inner coating (14) comprises a thermoplastic material based on polyolefin or based on polyamide.   2. Pipe according to claim 1, characterized in that the inner coating (14) is composed of a thermoplastic material and an acrylic material.   3. Tube according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the substrate (8) is made of cast iron, in particular spheroidal graphite iron.   4. Tube according to claim 3, characterized in that the substrate (8) has an average thickness of less than 4 mm.   5. A tube according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the inner surface (14) is obtained by beating. In the method for manufacturing a tube, the method comprises:
a) Removal of the rough portion by removing the rough portion (20) from the untreated inner surface (22) of the substrate (8) to obtain a partially milled inner surface (26). Is performed by partial scoring of the untreated inner surface (22);
b) removing the oxide layer at least partially by striking the scoured inner surface (26) to obtain a striking inner surface (12);
c) applying an inner coating (14) to the beaten inner surface (12), the coating comprising a polyolefin-based or polyamide-based thermoplastic material; The method comprising the steps of:   7. A method according to claim 6, characterized in that the inner coating (14) is composed of a thermoplastic material and an acrylic material. The method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein
Applying the inner coating (14) comprises injecting solid coating particles (34) onto the surface of the substrate (8); and
Prior to the coating application step, the substrate (8) is heated to the dissolution temperature of the coating particles (34).   The method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that, prior to the coating application step, residues generated by the scraping process and the hammering process are removed, in particular by suction or blowing. Said method.   10. The method according to claim 6, wherein a supplementary step of manufacturing the base body from cast iron, particularly spheroidal graphite iron, is performed before the step of performing the drilling process. . In a tool (30) for treating an inner surface of a tube base, which defines a central axis (Y-Y), the tool comprises:
In the axial drilling portion (54) provided with at least one drilling blade (64), the drilling blade can be moved in the radial direction with respect to the central axis (Y-Y) of the tool. , Axially drilled part,
At least in the axial strike portion (56) provided with the first strike element (72), the first strike element is moved in the radial direction with respect to the central axis (YY) of the tool. And an axial strike portion that freely rotates about its own axis (Z-Z) that extends parallel to the central axis of the tool. .   12. A tool according to claim 11, wherein the axial beating portion (56) comprises a second beating element (72), the second beating element being moved radially relative to the central axis. The tool is capable of rotating freely about its own axis extending parallel to the central axis (YY) of the tool.

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